In this fading realm of silent dreams   All falls quiet in front of me   I have to think, I must believe   That this is only sleep      As the day has tread into the night   And memory is painted white   A kiss will carry you away   And find us another place      Still I want again to hold your hand   A moment more to understand   How much it means, these little things   To savor one more smile      But in the silence nothing stirs   Not a rising breath to reassure   So I hang my head and hold you close   For this is only sleep      And that’s the way I watch the sky   With a simple prayer to sail her by   I have to think, I must believe   That this is only sleep      Only sleep … only sleep …   Only sleep … only sleep      If morning comes and all is quiet   A liftetime dances in my mind   But I have to think, I must believe   That this is only sleep,      And that’s the way I watch the sky   With a simple prayer to sail her by   I have to think, I must believe   That this is only sleep      Only sleep … only sleep …   Only sleep … only sleep …      And that’s the way I watch the sky   With a simple prayer to sail her by   I have to think, I must believe   That this is only sleep      I have to think, I must believe   That this is only sleep   Only sleep …